Institutional investors seek to make environmentally sustainable investments using environment, social, governance (ESG) ratings. Current ESG ratings have limited validity because they are based on idiosyncratic scores derived subjective, discretionary methodologies. We discuss a new direction for developing corporate environmental performance (CEP) and propose solution the problem by anchoring...

Despite the burgeoning interest in environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings, current results regarding ESG rating-performance relationship are inconclusive. Since what affects this disagreement is ambiguous, we examine how internal control weaknesses (ICW) may affect between rating a firm's performance. In fact, employing sample of French listed firms during period 2012 2018, predicte...

Suppressor mutations provide potentially powerful tools for examining mechanisms underlying neurological disorders and identifying novel targets for pharmacological intervention. Here we describe mutations that suppress seizures in a Drosophila model of human epilepsy. A screen utilizing the Drosophila easily shocked (eas) "epilepsy" mutant identified dominant suppressors of seizure sensitivity...

The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibilty of performing transcutaneous electrosigmoidography (TC-ESG). The study involved 19 healthy volunteers (11 men, 8 women; mean age 38.2 +/- 14.8 years). To validate the results of TC-ESG, the latter was performed simultaneously with intra-sigmoid ESG. TC-ESG was done also in five patients who underwent sigmoidectomy. The optimal position o...

By analyzing the adoption of European Public Real Estate Association’s (EPRA) Sustainability Best Practices Recommendations (sBPR), we examine and discuss application transparent environmental, social governance (ESG) ratings their interaction with public real estate performance across markets. Due to increasing concerns about environment impact investment on society at large, property companie...

In a changed scenario, characterized by great attention to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, few industries feel the pressure more than utilities. The paper investigates, employing Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model, whether including ESG factors increases efficiency of utilities companies banks, considering ratings when selecting companies, succeed in optimizing their por...

Classification of Ecological Species Groups (ESG) in plant community analysis is one method to describe vegetation and relating them to environmental factors. This study was conducted to recognize ESG and their relationships with some environmental factors in Chamanbid-Jozak protected area from 2014 to 2016. This area is located in the eastern part of North Khorasan province, Iran. The study ar...

Mutations in the escargot (esg) locus, which codes for a zinc-finger-containing protein with similarity to the product of the snail gene, cause a variety of defects in adult structures such as loss of abdominal cuticle and malformation of the wings and legs. esg RNA is expressed in wing, haltere, leg and genital imaginal discs and in abdominal histoblast nests in the embryo. Expression in imagi...

Studying the equity holdings of 31 U.S. state pension funds, we find evidence that the political leaning of their members and political pressures by state politicians impact funds’ investment decisions. State pension funds from states with Democratic leaning members tend to tilt their portfolios more strongly towards companies that perform well on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issu...

The Earth System Grid (ESG) is developing a virtual environment based on Grid technologies for the earth sciences and others analyzing the impacts of global climate changes. The goal of ESG is to provide discovery and secure access to very large datasets for earth sciences research. Data discovery through the use of metadata has become a major focus of ESG. Metadata schemas, a prototype ontolog...